About the book
David Sedaris collects narrative essays that range from his father's dinnertime outfit of shirtsleeves and underpants to his first colonoscopy. He considers buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy, rails against litterers in the English countryside, and marvels at a severed human arm in a taxidermist's shop. Travel supplies much of the material: French dentistry, the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, squat toilets in Beijing and a North Carolina Costco. The title came from a fan who asked him to inscribe a book with a message about exploring inner feelings; Sedaris kept the word explore and made up the rest. The collection debuted at number one on the New York Times best seller list.
Austin Kleon called it hilarious, though he compared its short fiction pieces to the skit tracks he skips on classic 90s hip-hop albums.
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Austin Kleon (Writer, artist)
I read this one, then I read his collected diaries, Theft By Finding, and then I read the visual compendium, which might have even been the most interesting of the three books, but I’m listing this one because it’s hilarious, although with the interstitial fiction bits, it’s sort of like one of those classic 90s hip-hop albums where you skip the “skit” tracks.
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